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JokeAPI Metadata API

Operations describing the API surface — categories, flags, formats, languages.

JokeAPI Metadata API is one of 3 APIs that JokeAPI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a changelog.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.3.3.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://v2.jokeapi.dev, https://sv443.net/jokeapi/v2.

5 operations 5 paths 6 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.3.3
Base URL
https://v2.jokeapi.dev
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata 5

Operations describing the API surface — categories, flags, formats, languages.

GET
/categories
JokeAPI List Categories
getCategories 2 params → 200
GET
/flags
JokeAPI List Blacklist Flags
getFlags 1 param → 200
GET
/formats
JokeAPI List Response Formats
getFormats 1 param → 200
GET
/languages
JokeAPI List Supported Languages
getLanguages 2 params → 200
GET
/langcode/{language}
JokeAPI Resolve Language Code
getLangcode 2 params → 200404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are JokeError (7 properties), LanguagesResponse (6 properties), CategoriesResponse (4 properties), LangcodeResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CategoriesResponse
object
Categories metadata envelope.
4 properties 3 required
FlagsResponse
object
Blacklist flags metadata envelope.
3 properties 3 required
JokeError
object
Error envelope returned for any failed request.
7 properties 5 required
LanguagesResponse
object
Language metadata envelope.
6 properties 5 required
FormatsResponse
object
Response-format metadata envelope.
3 properties 3 required
LangcodeResponse
object
Language-code resolution envelope.
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

jokeapi-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs JokeAPI publishes across the network.

JokeAPI Jokes API
JokeAPI System API